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@Jimmer-jammer Besides Logic and Wu Tang and of course Mitch Davis back when he went by Mitchmatic who else do you like in the world of hip hop?
"Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won’t see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you’ll miss the entire forest. Don't be preoccupied with a single spot. See everything in its entirety...effortlessly. That is what it means...to truly "see." "
@Jimmer-jammer I'll check that out soon. Already saved an XL The Band album to my Spotify library so likely that'll get a listen tomorrow morning. Now here's one for you since you mentioned you were familiar with Wu Tang
"Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won’t see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you’ll miss the entire forest. Don't be preoccupied with a single spot. See everything in its entirety...effortlessly. That is what it means...to truly "see." "
@Jimmer-jammer Really like the Opus No 1 album by XL The Band - have you ever met any of them, like Mitch Davis? How did you hear about them? Do they have other albums or is that just the only one available on Spotify? Added them to my Hip Hop playlist.
Edit: I really like the female vocals on the album as well.
"Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won’t see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you’ll miss the entire forest. Don't be preoccupied with a single spot. See everything in its entirety...effortlessly. That is what it means...to truly "see." "
@AgentCooper Haha, yeah good idea to move it over here. Depending on which period of Davis you like, his former sideman, a certain John Coletrane might be up your street. If you prefer his classic period then 'A Love Supreme' is a must-listen, if you prefer his electric stuff and like the Mingus album 'Charles Mingus Presents' (which is also great if you haven't heard it) then his free-er stuff like 'Ascension' and 'Live in Seattle' are also great albums.
You might also want to check out the Live: Cookin' at Blue Note at Montreux' and 'Kofi' by Donald Byrd as a gateway into the great man's music. Other great albums from that period are 'Quartet' by the legendary Herbie Hancock with Wynton Marsalis (another amazing trumpeter) as his sideman, the only horn man, on that record. 'Red Clay' by Freddie Hubbard and 'Soul Station' by Hank Mobley are musts as well.
With regard to the modern stuff, I am most familiar with Nubya Garcia out of the names you mentioned, and her work with the collective 'Nerija' and the jazz ensemble 'London Brew' (one self-titled album, loosely inspired/an homage to 'Bitches Brew' by Davis) are albums I'm sure you will dig as well, especially the latter.
If you like that guitar on 'London Brew', may I also recommend the album 'Knopperz' by another modern jazz player, Dave Okumu, who plays guitar on 'London Brew' it's more of a jazz/hip hop mashup (but completely instrumental) though, that last one, but so much of modern jazz is inspired by hip hop anyway. Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah's album 'Axiom' is great modern jazz as well.
Right I think that's enough for now, and all I can think of anyway!
Hopefully you'll report back on which ones of those you enjoy the most.
Good luck! ,
TBS
Edit: Just remembered some more modern jazz: 'Omega' and 'The 7th Hand' by Immanuel Wilkins, and 'Beauty is Enough' (solo saxophone record) by Ambrose Akinmusire.
@Jimmer-jammer Tagging you in this post now as I said I would.
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@AgentCooper Good luck on your listening journey and I hope my recommendations bring you much pleasure.
@Voltan I recently discovered Black Classical Music by Yussef Dayes, amazing album. Heard that one?
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@Voltan Cool man, glad you like it. How's things going with the band(s)? Since we last spoke.
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@Jimmer-jammer Hey man, I liked Ghost Woman but music with vocals outside of hip hop isn't generally my thing. I think it might have had something to do with being in a couple of rock and metal bands as a teenager and doing lead vocals in two of them, something about that just put me off I think. It's hard to explain. Now limiting myself to the guitar feels more organic.
Anyway, I gave a long list of jazz albums to @AgentCooper, so I'll tag you in that post as well and then hopefully it will show up in your notifications. If you can't find it feel free to just scroll through, hopefully there'll be something in there that you like, and please feel free to report back on your favourites. Saves recommending stuff for a while. Good luck, and happy hunting!
"Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won’t see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you’ll miss the entire forest. Don't be preoccupied with a single spot. See everything in its entirety...effortlessly. That is what it means...to truly "see." "
Excellent hip hop album, probably the best I've heard this year. The Elephant Man's Bones by Roc Marciano x The Alchemist deserves an honorable mention too, though.
"Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won’t see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you’ll miss the entire forest. Don't be preoccupied with a single spot. See everything in its entirety...effortlessly. That is what it means...to truly "see." "
@AgentCooper I'm glad you enjoyed the gig man, I just checked out the first track on Resynthesis by Leeming, it was quite pretty. I prefer tracks with guitar solos in them, from jazz guitarists, though.
"Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won’t see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you’ll miss the entire forest. Don't be preoccupied with a single spot. See everything in its entirety...effortlessly. That is what it means...to truly "see." "
Jazz recommendation this time, contemporary jazz, excellent work.
"Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won’t see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you’ll miss the entire forest. Don't be preoccupied with a single spot. See everything in its entirety...effortlessly. That is what it means...to truly "see." "
Listening to a lot of Black Thought recently. This is one of his better works, although all his output is high in quality.
"Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won’t see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you’ll miss the entire forest. Don't be preoccupied with a single spot. See everything in its entirety...effortlessly. That is what it means...to truly "see." "
How do you embed a spotify playlist on this thing? I'm a peabrain and don't know how to do it and I like to share my best of the year playlists so it feels like I've accomplished something.
@johncalmc On Spotify, when you are viewing an album, you click the three dots and then scroll down to Share and click Copy Album Link ,you should get a message saying Link copied to Clipboard, then you can paste it into your post on here by clicking paste inside the box you write messages in to post on here.
To everyone: I have been enjoying this album recently, great stuff.
"Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won’t see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you’ll miss the entire forest. Don't be preoccupied with a single spot. See everything in its entirety...effortlessly. That is what it means...to truly "see." "
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